1 examples of smelt

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to smelt tin

10 definitions of smelt

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imp. & p. p. of smell.

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Any one of numerous species of small silvery salmonoid fishes of the genus Osmerus and allied genera, which ascend rivers to spawn, and sometimes become landlocked in lakes. They are esteemed as food, and have a peculiar odor and taste.

3
A gull; a simpleton.

4
To melt or fuse, as, ore, for the purpose of separating and refining the metal; hence, to reduce; to refine; to flux or scorify.

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To melt or fuse (ores) in order to separate the metallic constituents.

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To melt or fuse. Used of ores.

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Any of various small silvery marine and freshwater food fishes of the family Osmeridae, found in cold waters of the Northern Hemisphere, especially Osmerus mordax of North America and O. eperlanus of Europe.